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10.05.05 New members to be inducted into Flying Fleet Hall of Fame Six new members will be inducted into the Flying Fleet Hall of Fame Saturday night during a dinner at Erskine College. Founded in 1982 as a way to recognize outstanding accomplishments of former Erskine athletes, the Flying Fleet Hall of Fame is located in the upper level of the Robert Stone Galloway Physical Activities Center. Inductees this year are R. Edwin Clarke Jr. '65 (baseball), John Neiswender (coach), Declan O'Donoghue '82 (men's soccer), Coralee Sheeringa Parrish '87 (women's basketball), Crispin St. Louis '93 (men's soccer, men's basketball), and Marie Will Swick '86 (softball). Clarke played right field for the Flying Fleet baseball team from 1963-65, during which Erskine earned a combined 60-21 record, its first back-to-back 20-victory seasons, an NAIA District 26 championship and four straight victories over the University of South Carolina. He compiled a .351 career batting average and set single-season marks for hits, doubles and RBI that stood for almost two decades. Clarke twice received honorable mention All-American honors. Neiswender was the first coach of the women's basketball team when Erskine began competing officially in intercollegiate athletics for women in 1974. His first team compiled a record of 4-13, but he never had another losing season at Erskine. During the next six years, Neiswender attracted to Erskine two future All-Americans and five future members of the Flying Fleet Hall of Fame. O'Donoghue was a leader of the Flying Fleet men's soccer team after entering Erskine in 1980. As a sweeper back and field general, he anchored a defense that shut out 10 opponents and allowed only 15 goals in 19 matches. The team compiled an 11-5-3 mark and won the NAIA District 6 title. The following year, O'Donoghue led Erskine to its 10th NAIA District 6 title in 13 years, scored a team-high 11 goals and was named to the NAIA All-American team. Sheeringa Parrish, the tallest player ever recruited by the Lady Flying Fleet basketball team, distinguished herself as an outstanding defensive post player. She came in as a freshman and joined a 1983-84 team that went 24-5 and finished second in the district. She scored and rebounded in double figures and blocked an average of three shots per game. She was named to a national freshman All-American team. Sheeringa Parrish completed her career with 1,751 points, now third among Erskine women scorers; 1,283 rebounds, still Erskine’s all-time best; and 389 blocks, another record. St. Louis was a world-class athlete who competed on Erskine men's soccer and men's basketball teams that set school records for most wins. He was an All-American goalkeeper for the 1989 soccer team that compiled a 19-4 record and a forward on the 1991-92 basketball team that made the NAIA National Tournament quarterfinals and finished with a 27-7 record. Will Swick was a hard-throwing righthander who pitched Erskine's softball team to 86 of the 103 victories the Lady Fleet captured during her career, from 1983-86. The first Erskine softball inductee led her team to 37 and 36 wins, respectively, during her final two seasons, school records not surpassed until the 2005 baseball team won 38 times. Erskine was nationally ranked in 1985 and 1986 and no Erskine pitcher or team has approached the records established during her years. |
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